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HARNESS TRIMMING. No. 319,461. Patented June 9, 1885 NITED STATES PATENT Fries.

EDWARD N. CRANE, OF NEWVARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO CRANE & 00., OF SAME PLACE.

HARNESS-TRIMIVHNG.

QPECIPICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,461, da June 1885- Application filed November 25, 1884. No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD N. CRANE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ornaments of Celluloid or Artificial Ivory, of which the followlng spec1- fication is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an ornament in the form of a chain of rings for use on harness, where they are known as spread-rings, for looping back window-curta1ns, or for other purpose.

It consists in a serles of two or more rings connected together by short loops or links, of celluloid or artificial ivory, so as to constltute a flat chain. It is found that celluloid and similar compounds of pyroXyline possess sufficient tensile strength or toughness to resist the strain to which such ornamental chains would ordinarily be subjected, while they possess qualities which render their use in the connecting-links much superior to those of leather. Being non-porous, they do not absorb water, can be washed and kept clean without dlfficulty. The loops have a more fin shed and brighter appearance, and harmonlze better with the rings, which are ord narily made of artificial ivory-either celluloid or some composition of shellac with kaolin or snnllar filling material and pigments or the like. They can be made alike or of a different ornamental appearance on both sides. They are adapted to receive a polish, and can be easily made of contrasting colors with those of the r1ngs, 1t only being necessary to use a dlfferent pigment in the compounds. In fine, they render the chain more ornamental and enable it longer to maintain its original beauty.

The invention further consists 1n a celluloid loop formed of a strap with its ends unitedby a buckle, and also in the mode of securing the buckle to the strap. The strap is made broader at the end to which the buckle is to be secured, and a hole or slot the width of the body of the strap is made in said end, thus forming a flat loop integral w1th the strap. The strap is passed around the end bar of the buckle, and then the end is drawn through the 0 o I c 1 1 1 the accompanying drawings, Figures 1,

form,

2, and 3 represent in elevation ornaments or ornamental chains constructed in accordance with the invention, and Figs. 4 and 5 are views of detached loops or links, Fig. 4 being partly in section.

The rings A are made of celluloid, artificial ivory, or similar plastic compound, or are surfaced with the same. Where shellac composition or other comparatively brittle mate rial is used, a metal core should be employed. The rings A are connected in a chain by the short loops or-links B, of oblong or elliptical and made of celluloid or similar artificial ivory composition. In Figs. 1 and 4 the loops consist of flat straps or strips whose ends are united by a buckle. loops consist of flat strips with their ends overlapped and cemented, or buckled and cemented, and in Figs. 3 and 5 of cylindrical rods whose ends are abutted and cemented.

The flat strips are cut from sheet stock, then when soft are folded around the rings and the ends secured.

The loops shown in Figs. 3 and 5 are made by winding a long rod on a mandrel, then cutting across the coils, so as to form a series of open loops or links. These are then placed around the two adjacent rings and the ends held together and cemented.

In order to attach the buckle as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, each strip is made broad at one end, and a hole or slot the width of the strap is cut in the broad end, forming a fiat loop, 1, integral with the strap. The strip is passed around the bar 2 of the buckle and the end then drawn through, leaving the loop on the face of the strip or strap close to the buckle. The end 3 of the strip or strap when folded around the rings and passed through the buckle is tucked under the loop 1.

In the links of Fig. 2 a loop, 1, integral there with, is formed in one end of the strip, made broad for that purpose. There is also a tongue, 4, which passes through a hole in the end 3 of the strip, and which, in connection with the loop 1, constitutes a buckle in one piece with the strap, giving to some extent the appearance and effect of the attached buckle in Figs. 1 and 4.

The rings A, as shown, are of a graduallydiminishing size toward the lower end of the In Fig. 2 the chain; but this is not material. They may be all of the same size.

Instead of having a single loop of the form shown in Figs. 3 and 5 between each pair of rings A, two or more such loops arranged side by side may be employed.

Of course devices other than a buckle could be attached to a strap in the manner described with reference to Figs. 1 and 4.

I claim- 1. As an improved article of manufacture, an ornamental chain consisting of a series of rings connected by links of celluloid or its described.

equivalent, substantially as shown and described. I 5

2. An ornamental chain consisting of a series of rings connected by celluloid strips or straps each having its ends united by a buckle to form a closed loop or link, substantially as 20 In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD N. CRANE. \Vitnesses:

F. W. VAN WAGENER, ARTHUR M. CRANE. 

